Katsaiti Eva

Evangelia Katsaiti holds a degree in Photographic Arts from the University of Derby, an Ma in Fine Art Photography from the University of Sydney, a Postgraduate Degree in Research Practice from the University of Nottingham Trent and a Diploma in Adult Education. She taught photography at: the Universities of Western Attica, Jyvaskylla , Lapland, of Athens and Sydney, as well as Oslo Fotokunstskole. She taught in juvenile delinquency reintegration school groups and led an art group where photography was used for the mourning process. She collaborated with the Center for Research on Equality, the Gallery of the School of Fine Arts, and the Ministry of Culture. She won the 1994 Agfa UK Award and a grant from the East Midlands Arts Council, as well as her photographs represented Australia at an international conference at the Smithsonian Institution. She deals with photography as a creative therapeutic process which can and does strengthen the person’s sense of belonging to their environment. Evangelia participated in international conferences and exhibitions and her research interest focuses on issues of gender identity and displacement.